I received my B.S. in Geology from the University of Southern
California in 2005 and am currently a Ph.D. student here at the
University of
Washington. I'm broadly interested in the geology and geomorphology of
Mars.
I've studied many topics under that heading, including: the
effects of
long-term obliteration on crater populations and inferred surface ages,
stratigraphic age of sulfate-bearing light-toned outcrops in Valles
Marineris, safety
of Phoenix lander and MSL rover landing sites by quantifying surface
roughness, age of tectonic events in the Thaumasia region by examining
the
interaction of faults and craters, and the geologic history of northern
Syrtis Major/Antoniadi crater through spectral analysis of hydrated
mineralogy
and analogy with similar terrestrial environments.

Research Assistant, University of Washington (current). Using satellite and ground
measurements to characterize
the
geological history of Mars.

Assistant
editor, Quaternary Research,
2009-Present. Review articles for
clarity, content and correct grammar; managed peer-review process by
communicating with authors, editors, and reviewers and issuing
decisions based on reviewer recommendations.
Nordic-NASA
Summer School: Water, Ice and the Origin of Life in the Universe,
2009; Comprehensive seminar in Reykjavik, Iceland -- composed of
lecture, laboratory, and field work -- teaching the history of water in
the
solar system and to characterizing life in extreme hydrothermal
environments.
NASA Planetary Science Summer School, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 2007.
Intensive program to design and organize a hypothetical planetary
mission to familiarize students with hands-on mission planning and
design.

Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Southern California,
2004-5.
Using image compression algorithms to model the effects of biological
organization on geological structures for appliction to in situ robotic
measurements on planetary surfaces.